FOOD FLAVORING...

definition...
flavour is a collective sensory experience resulting from the combination of the four basic tastes, aroma and physical factors.

Other definition...
property of a food @beverage that causes the simultaneous reaction of taste on the tongue and odour in the olfactory centre of the nose.

Reason using flavoring...
1) impact characteristics flavors of the flavoring
- ex: vanilin give flavors of vanilla in the ice cream.
2) complement @ modify the flavors
-ex: vanillin modify the flavour of choc.
3) mask the original flavours
-ex: anise cover the bitter medicinals.
4) compensate the flavours dissipated during processing.

Flavorings categories...
natural flavorings
natural-identical flavourings
artificial flavourings
  • obtain naturally from :
1) fruits
2) vegetables
3) herbs and spices

  • can also be obtain from natural sources :
1) biotechnological process
2) micbiological process
3) physical process
ex: extraction, distillation and concentration.
  • obtain by synthesis @ isolated through
chemical processes from natural
aromatic materials.
- chemically identical to substance
present in natural product.
  • chemically synthesis
  • not been found to exist in nature
ex: ethyl vanillin
(similar character vanillin but 2half
times stronger in effect)